The Bard of Armagh Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Oh [G]list to [Am]the lay o[F]f[C]
a poor Irish [G]harper
And [C]scorn not the [G]strains of his old,
[C]withered [F]hands
[C]But remember his fingers,[F]
[C]they once could move sha[G]rper
[C]To [Am]raise up the [G]memory of
his [C]dear [G]nat[C]ive land

[Verse 2]
[C]At a fair [F]or a wake,
I [C]could twist my [G]shillelagh
[C]Or trip through a [G]jig [C]with my
brogues bound [G]with straw
[C]And all the [F]pretty colleens[C][F]
[C]around me as[G]sembled
[C]Loved their bold [G]Phelim Brady,
[C]the bard [G]of Armagh[C]
Oh, how I long [F]to muse

[Verse 3]
[C]on
the days [G]of my boyhood
[C]But four score and thr[G]ee years
[C]have flitted since the[F]n
[C]But they bring sweet reflections,[F]
[C]as every young joy[G] should
[C]For, the merry hearted boy[G]s
[C]makes the best of old men
And when ser[F]geant death, in his

[Verse 4]
[C]
cold arms shall em[G]brace me
[C]And lull me to [G]sleep with
[C]sweet Erin [E]go bragh
[G]By the sid[C]e of my Kat[F]hleen,
my [C]young wife then [G]place me
[F]Then [C]forget [B]Phelim [G]Brady,
[C]the bard of [G]Armagh[C]